What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

Ulrich Schnauss - Far away trains passing(import) Very pleasant

My first-ever Neil Diamond, 12 Songs. On first listening something like a hokey Tom Waits, but could be a grower. Nice recording.

Gordon Giltrap - Visionary followed by:-
Big Country - The Crossing. both vinyl.
10CC - Sheet Music
Cat Stevens - Tea For the Tillerman
Bob Dylan - GH.

June Tabor and Oyster Band - Freedom & Rain (vinyl), great stuff

I agree.

Beatles - Rubber Soul.

Will EMI ever release properly mastered CDs of these wonderful old albums? And maybe even add the singles that didn't make it onto the relevant albums?

Just imagine: Sergeant Pepper with Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever added at the side-break point of the original LP!!!!!!!

They'd sell millions, and EMI must have it in mind. Or do they give a f*ck?

Graham

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I agree

Me too - a very good album. I've been enjoying the Jam's Setting Sons. A great album, with Weller at the height of his powers.

Nigel

"We stole from the schools and their libraries,
We stole from the drugs that sent us to sleep,
We stole from the drink that made us sick,
We stole anything that we couldn’t keep,
And it was enough - we didn’t have to spoil anything,
And always be as thick as thieves."

Guildford Civic Hall 198x - happy days

Brazilliance Vol 1 /Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank / World Pacific.

Recorded in 1953, considered as the first successful fusion of American jazz and traditional Brazilian music. The album was originaly named 'The Laurindo Almeida Quartet'.

Laurindo Almeida, guitar
Bud Shank, alto saxophone
Harry Babasin, bass
Roy Harte, drums

Haim

Michel Pettucciani: Power of Three I am sorry I never saw him in person

Metheny / Haden /Higgins - Rejoicing

The last one of a series (5 or 6) of Metheny CD's I've put on. The best (by far) being "One Quiet Night". I haven't remembered this to be SO intimate, so full sounding, so glowing with inner heat (in the rainy/snowy December night). I may be wrong, but listening to this CD gives you the feeling that you either witness a deep melancholic crisis, or the birth of a newly found, very personal "sound". Anyway, very touching, indeed !

Stefan

Stefan.

I was listening to the same album on the LP12 last Sunday. ( a rare overlap! )

Now listening: Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66

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Originally posted by sjust:
"One Quiet Night".

Stefan

I will try this later tonight. But I think Song X that you played earlier is vastly superior, particularly if you have the recently released remastered version with six extra tracks.

A beautiful summer's evening, feeling very mellow after a great barbecue with some friends. What better way to finish the evening, than with a loud jazz club blast of

Sonny Rollins - Without a Song - The 9/11 Concert.

Clifford Curzon playing Schubert's piano sonata in B flat (D 960), wonderful old Decca vinyl. Even the cloth-eared SWMBO stopped what she was doing to listen

OK - the cloth-eared is a bit mean, but how to explain her lack of interest in the hardware and most of the software?

Nitin Sawhney - Philtre

Spock

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Originally posted by Expat in Oz:

quote:

Originally posted by sjust:
"One Quiet Night".

Stefan

I will try this later tonight. But I think Song X that you played earlier is vastly superior, particularly if you have the recently released remastered version with six extra tracks.

Hi Adrian,
No, it's still the old - original - version, that I have.

Re: Quiet Night
Can't agree with you, because Song X and One Quiet Night are SO far apart from each other, that I can't compare them. For my mood, the latter was the better choice. Must have to do with living on antother continent and having anotther season...

cheers, have a nive Sat evening !
Stefan

[QUOTE]Originally posted by sjust:
Metheny / Haden /Higgins - Rejoicing

Stefan, good morning.

I am going to get one of the trio's albums. So which one should I get: 'One Quiet Night' or 'Rejoicing'?
I prefere my music to be on the quiet side, a la 'Andante'.

Regards,

Haim

Skunk Anansie - Paranoid and Sunburnt

Remember them? Great album btw

Lefty

Saturday morning.
Snow outside, Boccherini playing inside:

Boccherini /Quintettes Avec Contrebass / Ensemble 415 /Harmonia mundi

The three quintets composed in 1787 are the only ones among his 125 quintets that are for double bass. By far, it is the best Boccherini album I have. Highly recommended.

Haim

Now:-
Blackeyed Peas - Monkey Business Very good.
Previously:-
The Albion Band - BBC Sessions.Excellent.

Howard

Back to the '70s:
ELO - Out of the Blue
The Who - Tommy
Both original vinyl albums bought way back when and with the all the trimmings still in tact, a wonder considering how long I've had them and how far they've travelled with me.

Fast forward to 1988: Sally Timms - Somebody's rockin' my dreamboat

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Originally posted by HR:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by sjust:
Metheny / Haden /Higgins - Rejoicing

Stefan, good morning.

I am going to get one of the trio's albums. So which one should I get: 'One Quiet Night' or 'Rejoicing'?
I prefere my music to be on the quiet side, a la 'Andante'.

Regards,

Haim

Haim - One Quiet Night is a solo CD. I find it a little dull personaly.

Rejoicing is a trio gem, very mellow and a gorgeous sound.

Adrian

Haim,
sorry I didn't answer earlier - was downtown all day "checking things"...

I agree with Adrian about Rejoicing, and still recommend One Quiet Night to you - knowing some of your musical preferences. Get them both, best. You won't regret it.

Stefan

Tom Waits - The heart of Saturday night, going down nicely.

Spock